Apple Inc has opened a store in the Peking University library, taking over an area that had been a student study room and annoying students, the Beijing Evening News reported.
China's Tobacco-control Association (CTA) says 98 percent of 800 colleges in the country do a poor job of smoking control, the China Youth Daily reported on Wednesday.
About 2 million hectares of arable land are abandoned from farming each year, China Central Television reported Monday, citing a survey by the Ministry of Land and Resources.
China and the UK welcome private-sector interest in developing an offshore market in London to trade the yuan.
Zhu Yun, who became famous for being fired from her job at the local tax office in Guizhou province, is now famous for her success in raising chickens in Huahongping village of Weining county, Southwest China's Guizhou province.
Household appliances such as soybean milk machines and juice extractors have been made with industrial lubricant rather than lubricant for food, 21cbh.com reported Thursday, citing a staff with Fuchs Petrolub AG (China).
Nike China, a leading sportswear and equipment supplier, released a statement on Thursday admitting to false advertising, Caixin.com reported.
By the end of 2011, police dogs will be taken on street patrols in Beijing, in addition to motor vehicle, motorcycle and foot patrols, Chinanews.com reports.
The Chinese mainland progresses steadily in global competitiveness while the United States continues the decline that began in 2008
The Ministry of Commerce says it has begun an inquiry into the alleged dumping of some steel tubes from Europe and Japan.
China pledged to reduce energy consumption per unit of GDP by 16 percent in the five years to the end of 2015, the State Council said in a scheme on Sep 7.
China will increase the output of advanced new materials by 25 percent annually to 2 trillion yuan ($313 billion) by 2015, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Wednesday.
